The Reds head across the Atlantic as part of their preparations for the next campaign, giving US-based fans a chance to see them in action

Liverpool will hope to kick on in 2018-19 after finishing fourth in the Premier League and concluding last season as Champions League runners-up.

The bulk of the Reds' pre-season preparations this summer took place in the United States as they returned to the International Champions Cup, having eschewed the 2017 edition, but they also had a game closer to home, in Ireland.

With the World Cup having finished mid-July it didn't give clubs much time - compared to last year - to get things in order ahead of their club campaigns, but there was plenty to look forward to nonetheless.

Liverpool's pre-season schedule involved some interesting encounters, with games against Bundesliga and Serie A opposition, as well as a Premier League double header.

There were a number of games scheduled for July against local opposition to get new signings such as Fabinho and Naby Keita settled into the squad, with wins notched up over Chester, Tranmere and Blackburn Rovers, plus a goalless stalemate against Bury.

The first International Champions Cup game saw Jurgen Klopp go head-to-head with his former club Borussia Dortmund in Charlotte, and U.S. international Christian Pulisic starred as the Merseyside club were beaten 3-1.

The next game - against Premier League champions Manchester City - saw the return of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane to the team, with both scoring off the bench in a 2-1 win over Manchester City.

Following the win over City, Liverpool traveled over 600 miles to Michigan where they put a 4-1 beating on Manchester United.

Liverpool have now returned to Europe to finalise their preparations ahead of the new season, thrashing Napoli 5-0 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin which saw Alisson feature in his first game for the club and goals coming from Salah, Daniel Sturridge, Georginio Wijnaldum, Alberto Moreno and James Milner.

They beat Torino 3-1 at Anfield in their final pre-season fixture.

Liverpool 2018-19 squad numbers

Squad No.

Position

Player

1

GK

Loris Karius

2

DF

Nathaniel Clyne

4

DF

Virgil van Dijk

5

MF

Georginio Wijnaldum

6

DF

Dejan Lovren

7

MF

James Milner

8

MF

Naby Keita

9

FW

Roberto Firmino

10

FW

Sadio Mane

11

FW

Mohamed Salah

12

DF

Joe Gomez

14

MF

Jordan Henderson

15

FW

Daniel Sturridge

16

MF

Marko Grujic

17

DF

Ragnar Klavan

18

DF

Alberto Moreno

20

MF

Adam Lallana

21

MF

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

22

GK

Simon Mignolet

23

MF

Xherdan Shaqiri

26

DF

Andrew Robertson

27

FW

Divock Origi

28

FW

Danny Ings

29

FW

Dominic Solanke

32

DF

Joel Matip

40

MF

Ryan Kent

50

MF

Lazar Markovic

52

GK

Danny Ward

54

MF

Sheyi Ojo

56

DF

Connor Randall

58

FW

Ben Woodburn

59

MF

Harry Wilson

66

DF

Trent Alexander-Arnold

68

MF

Pedro Chirivella

-

MF

Fabinho

-

GK

Alisson

Liverpool's 2018-19 transfer activity

Klopp has signalled his intent on pushing for silverware this upcoming season after securing a move for Leipzig superstar Naby Keita a full year in advance, as well as quick swoops for Monaco midfielder Fabinho as well as Stoke's Xherdan Shaqiri early in the transfer window.

Emre Can moved to Juventus after rejecting talks of a contact renewal, and Jon Flanagan left the club on a free transfer to join former Reds captain Steven Gerrard's side Rangers.

They also announced that they had agreed a new deal for star striker Salah after a spellbinding debut season where he won the Premier League Golden Boot.

Transfer activity in

Position

Player

Transferred from

Fee

Date

MF

Naby Keita

RB Leipzig

£53m ($68m)

July 1

MF

Fabinho

Monaco

£43m ($55m)

July 1

FW

Xherdan Shaqiri

Stoke City

£13m ($16.5m)

July 13

GK

Alisson

Roma

£66m ($86m)

July 19

Transfer activity out

Position

Player

Transferred to

Fee

Date

MF

Emre Can

Juventus

Free

July 1

DF

Jon Flanagan

Rangers

Free

July 1

MF

Jordan Williams

Rochdale

Free

July 1

MF

Ovie Ejaria

Rangers

Loan

July 1

GK

Adam Bogdan

Hibernian

Loan

July 2

GK

Danny Ward

Leicester

£12.5m ($16m)

July 20

FW

Ryan Kent

Rangers

Loan

July 22

FW

Taiwo Awoniyi

KAA Gent

Loan

July 23

MF

Allan

Frankfurt

Loan

July 25

Liverpool's 2018-19 Premier League fixtures

The Premier League has confirmed that the 2018-19 season will get under way on Saturday August 11.

Fixtures were released on June 14 and Liverpool have been handed a home game against West Ham as their curtain-raiser. The Reds travel south to face Crystal Palace in their next game before hosting Brighton, with away clashes against Leicester City and Tottenham completing their first five league fixtures.

December 1 is the date of the first Merseyside derby of the season and it will be held at Anfield, with the corresponding fixture taking place at Goodison Park on March 2, 2019.

Klopp's side will lock horns with rivals Manchester United for the first time in the league at Anfield on December 15.